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WHO AM I ?
Questioner : My egoism.
Dadashri : So even egoism is not a part of you. By
saying “My egoism,” you will be able to separate that too, but
you are not aware of other components that fall under ‘my’ and
that is why you are not able to make a complete separation.
Your awareness has limitations. You are aware of only the sthool
(gross) components, beyond which there are sookshma (subtle)
components. The subtle components also need to be separated,
after which there are two more levels of subtlety, sookshmatar
(subtler) and sookshmatum (subtlest), which also need to be
taken away. Only a Gnani Purush is able to achieve a separation
at these intangible levels. Is it not possible to separate the two?
If you keep on deducting ‘My’ from ‘I’, at every step and at
every level, and put all the things that fall under ‘My’ on one
side, then what will remain?
Questioner : The ‘I’.
Dadashri : That ‘I’, is precisely what you are. And that
is the ‘I’ that you need to realize.
Questioner : After such a separation am I to understand
that whatever is left over is who I really am? Is that the Real I?
Dadashri : Yes, whatever remains after the separation, is
your Real Self. ‘I’ is the Real You. Should you not inquire about
this? Is this method of separating the ‘I’ from ‘My,’ not simple?
Questioner : It appears to be simple, but how are we
going to make the separation at the sookshmatar and
sookshmatam levels? Without a Gnani, this is not possible, right?
Dadashri : Yes. That is what the Gnani Purush does
for you. That is why I say separate ‘I’ and ‘My’ with the
‘Gnani’s separator’. What do all the teachers of our scriptures
call this separator?